U.N. summit aims to fast-forward countries' climate efforts
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres aims to ensure that next week’s climate summit only includes speakers from countries with ambitious, credible plans to tackle climate change.
The U.N. Climate Ambition Summit — which will take place alongside the U.N. General Assembly in New York — comes months before this year’s annual climate negotiations, known as COP 28. Guterres has said the summit is intended to highlight “first movers and doers” as most countries remain far behind their Paris Agreement pledges to cut planet-warming emissions.
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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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